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AMD is behind laptop creators with the Ryzen 5980HS chip, promising significantly better single and multi-thread performance than Intel’s cutting-edge Core i9-10980HK CPUs, also with a TDP of 45 watts or more. At the same time, he said the Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU outperforms the i9-10980HK gaming processor with 14 percent better single-threaded performance and 37 percent overall CPU performance. Based on these numbers, it can even be competitive with state-of-the-art desktop gaming chips with only a few generations. It also promises “impressive battery life”, although it does not provide any specific numbers.
The U-series chips for ultra-thin laptops – a category that Intel still dominates – will also see gains, albeit on a smaller scale. Like the 4800U, the Ryzen 7 5800U has 8 cores and 16 threads, while drinking only 15 watts of power. Thanks to the extra efficiency of Zen 3 cores and a larger 20MB cache, this puts you well ahead of the next generation Ryzen 7 4800U model, and ahead of or even with Intel’s Core i7-1165G7 CPU for productivity tasks. At the same time, AMD is promising up to 17.5 hours of battery life for general use and 21 hours for movie playback.
Yesterday, Intel launched its own batch of laptop chips, including the 35-watt i7-11375H that Intel claims to be 30 percent faster than AMD’s Ryzen 4900H, at least at single-thread speeds. Intel also has an edge on the graphics side with its integrated GPU Xe. With both companies revealing their CPUs for laptops, it looks like the playing field is leveling off and maybe even leaning in favor of AMD – we’ll know more as soon as we get some laptops that use them into our hands.